Our Story
Why we gather. Why it matters. Why the table changes everything.
Our Family Recipe
Where We Started
When I think back, I can see God’s fingerprints in places I didn’t recognize at the time. What I thought was the beginning was often preparation for something much greater.
People often ask me how all of this came to be. The truth is, it didn’t begin with summits, programs, field trips, or shared meals.
It began with a calling.
Long before I understood the full assignment, God placed a few simple ingredients in my hands: a heart for young people, a passion for leadership, a love for community, and a deep desire to help people discover the greatness He had already placed within them.
Like preparing a cherished family recipe, I didn’t have the whole recipe. I only had the ingredients God entrusted to me in that season and enough faith to take the next step.
In 2012, those first ingredients became Milne Inspiration Center – Adolescents Making Positive Educated Decisions (MIC-AMPED), a place created for young people to discover new possibilities and the greatness already within them.
From the very first day, I would always tell our students,
“This is not an organization...this is a family.”
At first, they weren’t quite sure what I meant.
But by the end of the program, when I’d ask, “What is MIC-AMPED?” the room would come alive with one response:
“A FAMILY!”
That wasn’t part of the curriculum.
It was our culture.
Family wasn’t something we promised at the end of the journey. It was how we welcomed people from the very beginning.
Looking back, I can now see that while I thought I was building a youth organization, God was teaching me how to build family.
Then Came the refinement
What God placed in my hands in 2012 wasn't being replaced. It was being refined.
Just as time and care can deepen a recipe, God used every season to deepen, strengthen, and mature the vision He had placed in my heart.
our table today
Mindful Intergenerational Connections (MIC-AMPED)
Awakening Mindsets through Purposeful Exposure & Dialogue.
Youth-Led. Intergenerational Centered.
MIC-AMPED was built for, by, and with young people. As the Table expands across generations, they remain at the center, inviting the rest of us back to the Table for conversations we've been avoiding for far too long.
The youngest voice in the room can speak to the youngest version of ourselves.
Sometimes a young person can remind us of something life taught us to forget. And sometimes an elder can help us see a little farther down the road.
The recipe has grown.
The table has expanded.
The family is still growing.
And if there’s one ingredient that has remained through every season, it’s God’s grace. It welcomed us, sustained us, refined us, and continues to make room for one more at the table.
Welcome to the family.
Our Mission
To awaken mindsets through purposeful exposure and dialogue by creating youth-led, intergenerational experiences that foster honest conversations and help us show up differently in relationship with one another and ourselves.
Our Vision
To build global tables of healing, leadership, and belonging that create space for generations to reimagine love, liberation, and legacy.
What We Stand For
Love. Liberation. Legacy.
Love
Love makes room for truth without making truth a weapon. It reminds us that we can be challenged without our worth ever being up for debate.
Vulnerability
Vulnerability begins with embracing accountability, healthy boundaries, and the clarity to live from truth.
Liberation
True freedom begins when we stop performing and start becoming who we were created to be.
Legacy
Legacy is what grows when love, truth, wisdom, and belonging are shared generously across generations.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
The heart behind the table
The Heart Behind the Table
Thanks for taking a seat at our table. I'd love to introduce myself and share a little about what it means to keep saying "yes."